Letter from Solis-Cohen, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1887
- Title
- Letter from Solis-Cohen, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1887
- Date Created
- 6 September 1887
- Format
- 4 pages on 2 sheets
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 4, Folder 6
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3pr7nd4m/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3pr7nd4m
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx4FF6_36.xml
- content
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DR. J. SOLIS-COHEN,
OFFICE HOURS: 9-1.
1431 Walnut Street,
Philadelphia, Sep 6 1887
My dear teacher:
One word is worth a dozen letters. I hope to see you and explain. You misunder-stand my design; which is to prevent any such contingency as you refer to, by having something done by you, under your own direction and control (and perfectly satisfactory to you) which shall be final. As we cannot bring the others to us on a ritual
complete--What I desired was to have something all could agree on, and an agreement to disagree about the rest--Mendes experiment shows nothing is to be hoped for from abroad. I am decidedly opposed to having any congregation take the inia-tive--because every fool would want his own ideas. Therefore as you have taught that
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something should be done, I want you to take the lead in doing it. I consider the Synod only a formal matter to give a colorable au-thority. For my own part I am frank to say that I consider your authority all-sufficient--as was Hillel's when the time de-manded prompt and decisive action. However I can explain better when we have a talk. Affectionately J. S. C. over
My proposition is simply this-- Shall you construct a proper liturgy once and for all--which shall be the means of stopping fools from talking and of improving the ser-vices-- or shall the present mis-erable plan of every arro-gant and ignorant Parnass or Trustee, and subservient "Rabbi" mutilating ad libitum be allowed to continue?-- In restricting our confab to the liturgy we avoid all questions of pews, organs &c, and therefore disagreement or change. - Identifier
- p3pr7nd4m
- identifier
- SMBx4FF6_36
Part of Letter from Solis-Cohen, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1887
Solis-Cohen, J. and Morais, Sabato, “Letter from Solis-Cohen, J. to Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA; Sep 1887”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed October 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/90009